Self-Compassion and Emotional Intelligence among Nursing Students‏

Abstract

Background: Nursing students have high levels of perceived stress, anxiety, and depression, that may be attributed to many factors such as academic workload, clinical practice experiences, competing priorities, inadequate social support, ineffective coping skills. Aim of the study: Is to identify the relationship between self compassion and emotional intelligence among technical nursing students. Research design: description correlational design was used to achieve aim of the study. Subject: A convenient 72 nursing students studying at technical nursing institute Ain shams university. Setting: The study was conducted in technical nursing institute, faculty of nursing affiliated to Ain Shams University Cairo/Egypt. Tools of data collection: Three tools utilized for data collection(1) demographics questionnaire (2) self compassion scale to assess self compassion level among technical nursing students (3) emotional intelligence questionnaire to assess emotional intelligence levels of technical nursing students Nurses Results: The findings revealed that nursing students had moderate self compassion level and moderate emotional intelligence level. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant relationship between self compassion and emotional intelligence among technical nursing student. Recommendation: Necessary actions that support the improvement of self-compassion and emotional intelligence should betaken through both university courses blended with related content and seminars that could be held within the scope of individual development.